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What Mattered in 2012: Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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Today, we're featuring Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners , founder of LaunchpadLA , the startup accelerator, not to mention well read blogger and highly watched host of This Week In Venture Capital. The most significant news for GRP Partners in 2012 was the first close of our 4th venture fund.

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Southern California Venture Deals Hit $683.7M in Q4 2012

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was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. raised by companies in Q4 of 2011, and less than the $701.18M raised by companies in the region in Q3 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 billion into 968 companies for Q4 of 2012. That total was less than the $859.6M

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Southern California Firms Gets $694M In Q3 2012 Venture Funding

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The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 In Los Angeles, near $324.2M Quarter to quarter, both dollars and deals were down, although Q2 to Q3 numbers have consistently been lower for at least the last six years. billion has been invested in the region via venture capital.

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Southern California Firms Get $694M In Q3 2012 Venture Funding

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The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 In Los Angeles, near $324.2M Quarter to quarter, both dollars and deals were down, although Q2 to Q3 numbers have consistently been lower for at least the last six years. billion has been invested in the region via venture capital.

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Apple Opens TestFlight Beta

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Apple''s TestFlight service comes courtesy the acquisition earlier this year of Los Angeles-based Burstly , which was venture backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Founder Collective. Burstly, which was led by Evan Rifkin, acquired TestFlight back in 2012. READ MORE>>.

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Burstly Acquired By Apple

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Los Angeles-based Burstly , the developer of app analytics and testing software, has quietly been acquired by Apple. Burstly was venture backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Founder Collective, and was led by Evan Rifkin. Burstly acquired TestFlight back in 2012. READ MORE>>.

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Q2 Venture Funding Drifts Downward In Southern California

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in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M Los Angeles most mostly flat quarter-to-quarter in terms of dollars invested, with both Orange.